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(No Model.)

W. M. BERRY.

FENGE.

Patentd Deo@ 28, 1886.

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Nrrnn STATES Aralar errent VILLIAM M. BERRY, VOF TAVERN, MISSOURI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,249, dated December28, 1886. Y

Application filed March 9, 1886. Serial No. 194,589. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: A

Beit known that I, WILLIAM M. BERRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tavern, in the county of Maries and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Fences, and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Like letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My invention relates to fences, and more particularly to that class .ofportable fences adapted for use in localities in which 'it may bedesirable to erect a fence, the line or direction of which may bequickly and easily changed without the necessity of separating thesections; and it has for its object to provide a portable fence, thedirection or position of which when set up may be readily changedwithout the necessity of separating the sections or of disturbing thecross-sills.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar combination, and thenovel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as morefully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and thenparticularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a series ofsections of fence constructed and set up in accordance with myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a similar View of the cross piece or silldetached.

A A A are fencesections consisting of boards B,nailed or otherwisesecured to uprights C C. The ends of the boards or rails of thefence-sections are extended beyond the end uprights, and are provided attheir ends with holes a, through which is passed the wire link a', whichconnects each rail with the corv responding rail in the adjacentsection, thus forming a yielding connection between the sec- 5o apart.to form a slot or recess, c, to receive the bottom rail ot' the fence.

This cross-piece is also provided with notches'tl, near its end. Thefence is securely and firmly-held in position-upon the cross-piece D bymeans of a binding or anchoring wire, e, which is looped around theupper rail ofthe fence, and has its ends bent around the cross-pieceWithin the notches This forms avrm anchor, yet allows of the movement ofthe fencesections when it is desired to change the direction of thefence, as will be hereinafter explained. The stakes f f are drivenWithin the notches after the ends of the'wire have been secured therein,and serve to hold the crosspiece firmly in place, and at thesanie timeprevent the wire from being accidentally loosened or displaced from thenotches. It will be noticed that the stakes f f which are driven withinthe notches d d, serve to securely hold the cross-piece in place, andprevent the possibility of the same from being displaced either duringheavy Winds or from any other cause. The stakef is inclined inwardly andtoward the outer end of the cross-piece, While the opposite stake, fisinclined inwardly and toward the center of the cross-piece, thusoffering the most effective resistance to any force Which might tend todisplace the fence. The uprights C of each section aro secured at such adistance from the end of the rails as to allow space between it and theend of the section for the upright C of the adjacent section, theupright C being at intervals of its length, posts E may be set, to

whichthe fence-sections may be secured by means of Wires passed throughthe holes a, in the ends of the rails and extended around the post.

The gist ofthe invention lies in the forming. of the recess in thecross-pieceby means of the pivoted blocks, combined with the iiexibleconnection of the fencefsections and the flexibility of the anchoringwire, by means of which the direction of the fence may be readilychanged Without disturbing the cross-piece, which is designed to befirmly secured in the ground, so as not to be moved in any way by windor other causes. By the construction described, in case the bottom railof the fence-v section should become tightin the recessffrom IOO thepagts swelling or from other cause, the direction of the section may bechanged by turning the blocks c c' on their pivots, withontthe danger ofbreaking either the bottom rail or the cross-piece. This is illustratedin Fig. 1, in which the two cross-pieces shown are parallel with eachother; but the blocks on the crosspiece at the right of the gure areturned at an angle thereto to change the direction of the section, and Iattach great importance to the construction by which this may be acco1nplished.

The combination, with two fence-sections flexibly connected together, ofthe cross piece

